"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Based on ( ভিত্তি থাকা ) Your remarks were not based on the facts.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.
  • Dispose of ( বিক্রয় করা ) He disposed of his books.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Responsible to ( দায়ী (প্রাধিকার) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.

Idioms:

  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.